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This is one of the best Cameras i have laid my hands on, Light and Sturdy are the best words to desribe the Camera. I have used quite a number of Digital Cams before. I owned a 2 MP Basic Webcam Cum Digital Cam, Canon 4 Mega Pixel Cam and i tried my hands on my friends Sony Digital Cam, but this is one which i liked most. I havent used it much, but it was used to shoot 2-3 functions in which it showed good performance, but low light pics are always not so good and i belive its not the strong point of this camera. All in all a good experience.
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/stylus_710-review/index.shtml
Whats the cost of a low end server ? If someone asks you this question, if you dont know anything about servers and their prices your guess would be atleast more than 25000 INR. I was shocked when i saw a Dell server for 19000 INR on the Dell website. Upon clicking the link it showed a Dell SC430 Server with Dual Core Processor, 256 MB ECC RAM, 80 GB SATA HDD for 19000 INR + Taxes. I called up the customer care and confirmed weather it was a false number which was publised, but he confirmed i can get the server at that prices, coooooool…a Dell branded server for 19000 INR, went to the local market and was shocked to hear the price of the Dual Core Processor itself was 14000INR ( this was about 2 years back when Dual Core was just released), and the local market guys said that Dell might be just doing some marketing, by fake advertising, but i tought i would give it a try and went ahead and bought 4 Dell Servers, just be be of the safe side i have taken 3 Years complete cover which added almost of the cost of the server 18000 INR. So my server with Dual Core, 512MB ECC RAM, 160 GB HDD and 3 years complete cover costed me 54 Thousand + 10% Taxes, and my servers got deliveired to me in the mentioned 20 days time frame. I just burst opened the first packing to check if the server had a Mother board and Processor or not…i am not jocking i mean it…..when i opened the package i was amazed to see the quality of the Cabinet and CPU Cooling Fan offered by Dell. Those 2 alone would cost me 15000 INR in the local market, i went ahead and ordered 2 more servers for 25000 INR, this time i didnt take the 3 years complete cover since i felt the server wont broke in 3 years….and all the 6 servers are doing fantastic duty…..keep up the good work dell…
Want to know whats the real speed of your internet….this is the best tool i have seen so far…DU Meter…you can get a 30 day evaluation version from www.dumeter.com install it and select the Internet Connection you want to monitor and you would get a real time graph of internet usage in KBps, you would also get Daily, Weekly and Monthly Data transfer details. Overall a great product, very low on resources and giving real time data about your internet connection. A must try….
You can download a 30 day trail version from the below link
DUMeter-Install.exe
My date with the Nokia 6600 was very short, but i have done quite a bit of work on the 6600…when it was introduced it was one of the first phones to have an OS and chance to Install Applications…i used to sell computers at that time…so i am the tech guy and people often approached me for the cell phone applications also…its been long but i still rememebr charging 1000 INR for installing some 4-5 applications which is a mere 30 min work…Its a very good phone, which had a special shape, the trusted nokia brand….i still have the hobby of trying out cell phone applications…so if you are looking for some applications do wirte me at sunilsaripalli@gmail.com
I have always been a BIG Fan of Dell, one of my friends used to have a Dell laptop, which was my first expereince with Dell since i shared a room with my friend for quite some time…i have worked, installed and troubleshooted laptops before but that the first time i have seen that Laptops can be used so roughly, that laptop was on 24/7, downloading, playing games watching video….but it never ever gave any compliant…..may be the only one thing was it heated up a lot but it never was off…..i have used several other Dell’s after that and found that they share the same stability….and now a days Dell offers 3 years complete cover, that includes accident damages also…so go ahead buy a Dell ans share your Dell experience.
I was in Chennai when i saw this phone, there were 2 models 3310 and 3330, and the difference between the 2 was 3330 has WAP. I didnt had any idea what WAP is but went ahead and bought it, that starts a very good experience for me. I bought a LED Lit back panel which had some 15-20 LED’s which switched themselves on and off with different patterns, the standby, signal and battery matched the 5110, what more can you ask, and you can key-in your own ringtones…hip hip hurray….download the ringtones from the net and key them in…..Used it for quite sometime without any issues…i still remember changing a battery after 1 years…ADVICE: When you buy a Nokia Battery buy it with Nokia warrenty. Battery in off markets are way cheap but you cannot be sure about the quality of the battery. Play safe.
Nokia 5110 was my second phone, i had a small samsung phone as my first phone, getting vexed with the lack of voice clarity and the battery power i decided to shift to the 5110, which was 99.99% choice for a phone at that point of time. And it ment serious business, if you want a good phone to work as a phone it will never disappoint you may be a tad heavy and bulky.
Hi….if you are a person like me, who uses the internet a lot, try to experiment with different software’s, download lots of freeware, shareware programs from the internet and use them….browse un-secure sites to find the under ground stuff, then this blog is definitely for you…
Do you know how much Internet Bandwidth you are using? You need to use a online Bandwidth Test or Bandwidth Meter Software.
To test the Bandwidth Speed online use CNET Bandwidth Test, you can visit the URL http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=pm and fill the details and hit the Go button. Since the Server is hosted in US you may not get 100% accurate results, but you get a result which you can count on.
To use a Bandwidth Meter Software you can install software called DU Meter which can be downloaded from www.download.com, it would show you the actual utilization of your internet in real time.
I have a 512 Kbps Unlimited Airtel Broadband Connection, and I leave it on 24/7. I sometimes see that 120 Kbps bandwidth is being used without even one single browser open or any applications using internet.
Which program is using this bandwidth? Would be a very tough question to answer…and it’s very hard to get out of this problem…
There are 4 things which need to be fixed to fix this issue….
Install an Antivirus, remember how good the antivirus program is it needs the latest definition files to function effectively, update it and run a complete scan, if you don’t have access to internet at that time due to Virus, Spyware and Ad-ware killing your bandwidth you can get the antivirus signature update from computer magazine CD/DVD’s like CHIP, DIGIT etc. If you don’t have a licensed copy of Antivirus, AVG is a good free one to choose….
Next you need to install a Spyware and Ad-ware removal tool. Go to www.download.com and install Ad-ware and Spybot Search and Destroy. Both are free tools but they don’t offer real time protection. You need to run them once in a while to remove Ad-ware and Spyware respectively. Remember you also need to update the definitions for effective removal.
Then run windows update and make sure that all critical updates are installed. If you have a pirated copy of Win XP and Windows Update wont work you can try Auto Patcher http://www.autopatcher.com which can be downloaded through torrents or you can find it on CHIP and Digit Magazine CD’s.
If all these 4 are updated and your system goes through the scan without catching anything then you can rest assure that your system is free from Virus, Ad-ware and Spyware. And most importantly your system Operation System is upto date and the effect of Virus and Spyware would be not so much even if affected.
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Nokia N70, i think this is the phone i have used for more than an year before shifting to Samsung X820, other than my Nokia 6230. Nokia N70 is one of the best phones Nokia has on offer. If you are ok with the Lower Navigation speeds there is nothing much you can complain about N70 its a real Universal Fighter Phone, it has everything in its favor…the Size is not big not small, just fits in the hand as well as anyother phone, Good Battery, Nokia Standars Voice and Network strengths….i think i need not tell much about it…its one of the best…..more about the N70…
Thats the Laptop i use for my work….and i should say IBM is the King of Laptops…not as fancy as some others….but cooler and well built than many laptops out there…if it comes to reliability there is nothing that matches an IBM….Now IBM is Lenova, to say really Lenova used to manufacture Laptops under IBM Branding now IBM Markets them under Lenova branding only…..early Lenovas lacked the quality advantage they enjoyed….i have some recent Lenovas and they look solid….go ahead and buy a lenova…dont let the looks fool you there would be similar looking Lenovas costing different. Lenova with Hard Disk Protection would cost much more even tough it looks like the same Lenova without the Hard Disk Protection System. I will try to post more about these in my future posts…..
